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Library Automation in Australia
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 21, Term 2 1997
Under the editorship of Ken Dillon from Charles Sturt University, this edition contains 18 chapters divided into seven sections. Section One includes the results of a series of three annual surveys of the school library automation marketplace in Australia. Data about the market share and geographic
What's New
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 21, Term 2 1997
Issues in the News While this is not a new product, T/Ls from states other than Victoria may not be aware of how useful the Issues CD-ROM from The Age is in information servicing across the curriculum. The Issues in the News CD-ROM was initially developed in 1995 for schools and students
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 21, Term 2 1997
Moving around Voyager When logging onto Voyager (the SCIS database) and entering your User Number, User Name and Password, customers need to remember to press the <Fl> key to proceed to the next screen. At the Main Menu (MM) in Voyager, you can use the initial letter of an option to select that
New Zealand News
By Jenny Carroll
Issue 21, Term 2 1997
We have just had the AGM for School Library Network with the upcoming committee remaining the same as last year. For those of us on the committee, it has been a challenging time settling into our various roles and we look forward to another year. Of interest to school librarians on this year's ag
Internetting Corner
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 21, Term 2 1997
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4975 Australian conservatives politics including contacts for MPs and interest groups. http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/ES This environmental studies page contains the research of some students from The Academy for the Advancement of Science and Techno
School libraries: miracles and madness
By Jackie French
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
The first school I went to burnt down. This was not my fault. The library didn’t burn down, because there wasn’t one — just a classroom with a shelf of books. I won third place in the lottery to read one of the two or three new books donated each year: The Magic Pudding . Three weeks later, it was
Bringing history to life
By Amanda Diaz
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
With knowledge more obtainable than ever, educators have countless options to stimulate their students’ curiosity. New generations are digital natives, immersed in media 24/7. High-quality audiovisual resources have become increasingly important tools to inspire students. With more than 2.8 million
Building a buzz with book snaps
By Susan Stephenson
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
What is a book snap? Essentially, a book snap is about grabbing a short quote from a book and creating a shareable image about it. Typically, people take a quick snap or screenshot (if the text is digital) of something they are reading. Once it is an image, they add to it other images and text, t
School library spotlight: Good Shepherd Catholic School
By Helen Tomazin
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
What is your job title and what does your role entail? In my role as library technician, I assist in organising, operating and maintaining the school library. I look after loans and acquisitions, and maintain library records and equipment. I inform users of circulation policies and procedures and
SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
Welcome to the first edition of Connections for 2018. We have another exciting and busy year ahead of us — and it has already started. By the time you read this, we will have completed the first SCIS webinar for the year, with more scheduled. We are also hosting workshops in Perth and M
SCIS as a resource selection aid
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
When a teacher approaches you about finding resources for their upcoming unit, where is the first place you look? Perhaps you perform a quick Google search to see if it can direct you to any relevant resources. Maybe you check a publisher’s website. Yet, if we encourage students to use the library
Genre wars
By Martin Gray
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
My local public library has moved to sorting its fiction collection by genre and has reported a 20 per cent increase in borrowing. Naturally, this has interested the school libraries in town. I decided to run a poll to see whether making the change was worth it for our school. Twenty-six per cent
School libraries and e-learning: where synergy equals opportunity
By Anita McMillan
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
E-learning is gaining momentum in schools, and opportunities abound for school library professionals to support and even lead in this area. School library staff are highly regarded for their information, critical and digital literacy skills, and well known for their early adoption of new technolo
New and revised subject headings
By SCIS cataloguing team
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
New headings Drone aircraft Scope note: Use for resources about remotely controlled, unmanned aerial devices. High interest-low readability Scope note: Use for works that have themes and topics relevant and interesting to adolescents whose reading abilities are below age or grade. Use onl
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime www.alia.org.au/nss Get prepared for National Simultaneous Storytime, which is occurring in both Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday 23 May. The book for this year is Hickory Dickory Dash , written by Tony Wilson and illustrated by Laura Wood. The webs
Supporting Australian book creators
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
In Term 4 of 2017, SCIS invited 750 Australian schools to participate in the Educational Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey. We received 364 responses to the survey, surpassing the required minimum of 300. We are grateful to all school library, teaching and administrative staff who recognise
Stories make us: in conversation with Morris Gleitzman
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
In February, award-winning children’s author Morris Gleitzman was named the new Australian Children’s Laureate for 2018–19. As laureate, he will join his predecessors, Leigh Hobbs, Jackie French, Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor in promoting the importance of reading. Morris kindly shared hi
Making the library the true heart of the school
By Caroline Roche
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
That the library is the ‘heart of the school’ is a commonly accepted phrase nowadays, certainly in the United Kingdom. You see it in ads for a new librarian, you see it in tweets, you see it in newspaper articles, and it is even the title of the All Party Parliamentary Group white paper on school l
Daring to be different: celebrating diversity in literature
By Ruth Devine
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
My favourite memory growing up is of snuggling under the doona while my dad sat on the edge of the bed and read me a story. It was our cosy, nightly ritual. I would drift off to sleep with a head full of shipwrecks and pirates, fairytale castles and magical faraway trees. Often the stories were o
Supporting Australian book creators
By Deborah Abela
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
At a writers’ festival in Alice Springs, a young boy marched into the room where I was about to speak, stood in front of me and announced, ‘My name is Jason. I’m always in trouble and I hate reading’. I liked his pluckiness but I also thought, ‘I have an hour to change what you think about reading’